Dandenong Melbourne, Victoria
The Australian Taxation Office office building in Dandenong CBD
Population:	16,729 (2006 census)[1]
Established:	1837
Postcode:	3175
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Property Value:	AUD $257,750 [2]
Location:	31 km (19 mi) from Melbourne
LGA:	City of Greater Dandenong
State District:	Dandenong
Federal Division:	Bruce, Isaacs
Suburbs around Dandenong: Noble Park North Dandenong North Endeavour Hills Noble Park Dandenong Doveton Keysborough Dandenong South Doveton

See also Mount Dandenong, Victoria for the mountain and a different suburb with similar name. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The Melbourne city centre (referred to as The City or The CBD (Central Business District or more recently in planning parlance The CAD, or Central There are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative The Electoral district of Dandenong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of Bruce is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The Division of Isaacs is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. This is a list of Municipalities and their Suburbs and townships in the greater Metropolitan area of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria Noble Park North is a south eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dandenong North is a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Endeavour Hills is an outer south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Noble Park is a Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia approximately 30 km south-east of the Central business district. Doveton is a Suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. Keysborough is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The local government area is the City of Greater Dandenong. Dandenong South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Doveton is a Suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. Mount Dandenong is a suburb and geographical area in Melbourne, Victoria Australia

See also Dandenong Ranges and Dandenong Ranges National Park. The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dandenong Ranges National Park is in Victoria ( Australia) 38 km east of Melbourne.

Dandenong is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia located 31 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the Melbourne CBD. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The Melbourne city centre (referred to as The City or The CBD (Central Business District or more recently in planning parlance The CAD, or Central Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong. The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Once an independent city, it was absorbed by metropolitan Melbourne as its urban sprawl extended south east along the railway and freeway corridors during the late 1960s, while it maintains a distinctive identity and character. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its Suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area The city is situated on Dandenong Creek in the flat land at the foothills of Mount Dandenong and is a major manufacturing and commercial area, and the Dandenong CBD is one of the largest activity centres outside of central Melbourne. Mount Dandenong is a suburb and geographical area in Melbourne, Victoria Australia A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city

Dandenong is a highly multicultural city, with approximately 55. 5% of residents born overseas^[1] from 156 different birthplaces and 51% from non-English speaking backgrounds. Significant ethnic groups include immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and southeastern Europe. This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. ^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Redevelopment 2.1 Metro 3175 2.2 Drum Theatre 2.3 Dandenong Stadium 3 Transport 4 Education 5 Notable Residents 6 Sister cities 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

History

The name is thought to be a corruption of an Aboriginal word meaning lofty mountains, and referred to the ranges which overlook the area. This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law The country is flat to undulating and was originally densely forested with red gum. There is also a popular theory that the name comes from 'bad flour', or 'no good damper'. A local tale revolves around local aboriginals finding/stealing a bag of lime and mistakenly using it to make damper. An old local hotel was the 'No Good Damper Inn'. ^[3] A third version has the name Dandenong coming from 'a burning' and 'the past' reflecting bushfires on the Dandenongs. ^[4]

Joseph Hawdon established a pastoral run on Dandenong Creek in 1837, bringing cattle from Sydney by land. Joseph Hawdon ( 14 November 1813 – 12 April 1871) was a pioneer Settler and Overlander of Australia and Pastoral, as an adjective refers to the lifestyle of Shepherds and Pastoralists moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability Dandenong Creek runs from the Dandenong Ranges National Park, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, through the urban areas of Boronia Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Soon a few timber cutters and a police camp were also located there. By 1850, the whole area had been taken up for grazing. Dandenong Creek was first bridged in 1840. A road was made from Melbourne, making Dandenong, by the late 1850s, an important staging post for travellers into Gippsland. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border It became known as the 'gateway to Gippsland'. A township was surveyed in 1852. Milling of the red gum timber became an important industry, and charcoal burning, tanning, quarrying and brick making also flourished. The River Red Gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis) is a tree of the genus Eucalyptus. A livestock market was established in 1866. ^[5]

The Western Port Aboriginal Protectorate Station was located north-east of Dandenong from 1840 to 1844. This area had been an important meeting and ceremonial site for Aboriginal tribes. The Native Police Corps established its headquarters there until its disbandment in 1852. From as early as 1837 a Native Police Corps was established in the Port Phillip District of the Australian colony of New South Wales (now Victoria) The Police Paddocks were then used for breeding and resting police horses.

By 1861, there were 40 houses in the township housing 193 people. Dandenong Shire was proclaimed in 1873. The Australian Handbook records the progress of the town by 1875.

The Dandenong Town Hall, Lonsdale Street, was built in Free Classical style in 1890 as the combined Shire Hall, Courthouse and Mechanics Institute, at a cost of about 12,000 pounds. The architects were Beswicke and Hutchins and the contractor McCullogh and McApline. The two storey, stucco rendered brick building, on a bluestone base course, features a lofty, Mansard-roofed, corner clock tower and projecting end wings with serlian motif windows and capped by pedimented niches. ^[6]

The post-war industrial boom brought an influx of European migrants, particularly from Italy and Greece. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία This caused the creation of several suburbs of Dandenong including the public housing estate of Doveton. Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local

The city was eventually absorbed by Melbourne as it sprawled south east during the 1960s.

The Dandenong CBD area is currently under urban renewal as part of the Melbourne 2030 planning policy. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U The Metropolitan Strategy Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government Strategic planning policy framework for the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, intended

Redevelopment

Development in Dandenong had stagnated since the opening of the Dandenong Plaza shopping centre which resulted in the closure of many shops in the central business district. Under the Melbourne 2030 policy, Dandenong was classified as a major activity centre^[7] due to its central location with regard to its access to transport. The Metropolitan Strategy Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government Strategic planning policy framework for the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, intended Activity centre is a term used in Urban planning and design for a Mixed-use urban area where there is a concentration of commercial and other land uses These projects can be considered to be transit-oriented development, where population density is intended to be higher compared to other areas with poorer access to transport. TOD in cities Many cities in the USA and Canada are developing TOD policy Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume

The Greater Dandenong city council has started a programme called Revitalising Central Dandenong, with $290 million proposed to be spent on various projects such as infrastructure upgrades, improved street frontages and public art in order to improve the general amenity of the Dandenong CBD. Infrastructure typically refers to the technical structures that support a society such as Roads Water supply, Wastewater, Power grids The term public art properly refers to works of Art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited ^[8] In the longer term, the council wishes to transform Dandenong into a more pedestrian oriented and mixed-use centre. Mixed-use development is the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings ^[9] This contrasts with the current situation where the CBD area is primarily occupied by offices and carparking, with a small amount of retail.

Dandenong's redevelopment is being overseen by the City of Greater Dandenong council and VicUrban, a Victorian Government agency responsible for urban planning. The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. VicUrban is an agency of the Victorian Government responsible for overseeing sustainable development in Victoria Australia. The Government of Victoria, under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to The project is a long-term project, expected to continue for 15 to 20 years. ^[10]

Metro 3175

Metro 3175 is a major development located on the site of the former Dandenong Livestock Market. Established in 1866, the market was closed in 1998 and relocated to Gippsland because Dandenong had for many years been incorporated as a part of the Greater Melbourne area as a result of urban sprawl. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its Suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area This left a large unused site situated across the railway lines from the CBD. In November 2005, VicUrban launched a project to develop the land into a mixed-use development consisting of 1100 residences as well as cafes and restaurants, known as Metro 3175, with 3175 signifying Dandenong's postcode. VicUrban is an agency of the Victorian Government responsible for overseeing sustainable development in Victoria Australia. A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a ^[11]

Because the site is isolated from the rest of the central Dandenong area, a bridge across the railway lines is being constructed to improve access between the precincts. The bridge will provide access for cars, pedestrians and cyclists and will improve connections to bus services in the area. Melbourne, Capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, features an extensive Bus network ^[12] Additionally, Cheltenham Road, a major east-west arterial is being realigned in order to remove traffic from nearby streets and encourage pedestrian use. ^[13]

When completed, the Metro 3175 project is expected to have a total population of about 3000.

Drum Theatre

Designed by Williams Ross Architects, the Drum Theatre is a redevelopment of the Dandenong Town Hall, built in 1880. The town hall was redeveloped into a performing arts centre with a 525 seat proscenium theatre. The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence Proscenium theatre is a Theatre space whose primary feature is a large Archway (the proscenium arch) at or near the front of the stage, through Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one At the cost of $13 million, the project commenced construction in 2004 and was opened by Victorian Premier Steve Bracks on 11 February 2006. Stephen Philip Bracks (better known as Steve Bracks (born 15 October, 1954) is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[14][15]

The redevelopment involved renovating the existing town hall building and the construction of a modern drum-shaped building. Its striking red colour is prominently visible from nearby streets in the CBD.

Dandenong Stadium

The Dandenong stadium is the home of the Dandenong Rangers and Victoria's state volleyball competition. The Dandenong Jayco Rangers are an Australian Women's Basketball League ( WNBL) team based in Melbourne, Australia.

Transport

Dandenong is primarily a private vehicle dependent community due to poorer public transport compared to suburbs closer to the CBD. Dandenong railway station (DNG is a railway station located in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. It is served by the Monash Freeway as well as several other major arterial roads. West Gate Freeway|CityLink|Princes Freeway Monash Freeway is an urban freeway in Victoria, Australia linking Melbourne 's CBD to its southeastern Eastlink, when completed, will also pass near the suburb.

Dandenong Railway Station is situated adjacent to the CBD and is an interchange station for the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines as well as regional trains on the Gippsland railway line. Dandenong railway station (DNG is a railway station located in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. The Pakenham railway line in Melbourne, Australia is the Suburban electrified portion of the railway to Bairnsdale in eastern The Cranbourne railway line is a Suburban electric railway service operated by Connex Melbourne in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne This article is about the V/Line service For the railway itself see Orbost railway line The Bairnsdale Line is a regional passenger rail The state government has proposed triplication of the railway line to support a higher volume of trains for the growing population in and around Dandenong as well as other suburbs and towns along the line.

The station also serves as a transport hub for the bus network, with almost all bus routes in the area passing through Dandenong station and an interchange on Thomas Street in the CBD. Melbourne, Capital city of the State of Victoria, Australia, features an extensive Bus network Most buses in the area are operated by Grenda's Bus Services whose depot is located near the railway station. Grenda Corporation is an Australian Bus manufacturing, and Mass transit company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Cycling is facilitated via the Dandenong Creek Trail, part of the off-road cycling network which connects the city trails to nearby Jells Park. Cycling in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia takes place for Recreation, Commuting and as a Sport. The Dandenong Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and Pedestrians which follows Dandenong Creek through the outer eastern and south-eastern Jells Park is a public park in Wheelers Hill, a suburb to the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Education

Three state high schools – Lyndale Secondary College and two campuses of Dandenong High School (Dandenong and Cleeland) – and one Catholic high school (St John's Regional College), as well as numerous state and two Catholic primary schools, are located within the suburb's boundaries. Dandenong High School is a co educational government school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. St John's Regional College is located on Caroline Street in the suburb of Dandenong, in Victoria, Australia. Dandenong also contains Emerson School, a specialist school for those with mild intellectual disabilities from a catchment area extending as far north as Rowville. Rowville is a Suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is situated in the local municipality of the City of Knox.

Notable Residents

• Kliment Taseski - member of the Melbourne Victory football team reserves [1]
• Gabriella Cilmi - Teenage singer now based in the UK [2]

Sister cities

• Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China 1996 [3]

See also

• City of Dandenong - the former local government area of the same name. Melbourne Victory Football Club is a football (soccer team in the Australian A-League based in Melbourne, Victoria. Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian Singer and Songwriter. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Administration The Prefecture-level city of Xuzhou administers eleven county-level divisions, including five districts, two county-level ( Postal map spelling: Kiangsu) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The City of Dandenong was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.

References

External links

• Dandenong, Victoria is at coordinates 37°59′10″S 145°12′47″E / -37.986, 145.213 (Dandenong, Victoria)Coordinates: 37°59′10″S 145°12′47″E / -37.986, 145.213 (Dandenong, Victoria)
• History of Dandenong
• Dandenong Theatre Company
• Windmill Theatre Company
• Revitalising Central Dandenong
• City of Greater Dandenong - Major Developments
• Australian Places - Dandenong
• What's In A Name?
• RLHP Local Stories: Name Origins of Places In Rowville and Lysterfield

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